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H O I T N E D P H W it METALLIC CORNER BINDING FOR SHI'NGLES.

Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

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\VILLIAM H. PRENTIOE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO JOSEPH L. PARKS, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,662, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed J unc 25, 1886. Serial No. 206,257. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PRENTIcE, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,

metallic corner-bindings for shingles; and it consists in the peculiar construction, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and par ticularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide metallic binding-plates adapted to make water-tight joints at the corners or angles of shingled hip-roofs, and also to securely hold the shingles forming the corners of the roof in place and prevent their meeting edges from cnrling,warping, or splitting, or getting loose. and also to effect an economy of time and labor in forming the corner or angle of a shingled hip-roof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cornerof a shingled hip-roof provided with corner-bindings embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of my corner-binding plates. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a blank for forming the same, illustrating the manner of manufacturing them.

A represents a rectangular plate, made of sheet tin, zine, iron, or any other preferred metal, and forming the blank from which one of my corner-bindings is made. In order to construct the same, the plate is bent longitudinally upon the central line, a, at right angles or at an angle corresponding to the angle formed by the corner of the roof to which the binding-plate is to be applied. The lower end of each side of the plate-is then bent at right angles inwardly on the lines b, the angle of which corresponds to the pitch of the roof,

thus forming flaps, which are adapted to be' 'bent under the lower ends of the shingles.

The said flaps are then bent inwardly on the lines c,which are parallel with the lines I), and are arranged at a distance from the said lines corresponding to the thickness of the lower edge or end of the shingles used on the roof. The corner-binding shown in Fig. 3 is thus nails which are driven through the upper ends formed with the angular sides B, which bear against the outer sides of the corner shingles, the inclined flanges O at the lower ends of the sides B, to bear against the lower ends of the corner shingles, and the triangular flaps E, which bear against the under sides of the corner shingles.

In order to apply the corner-binding plates to the shingles when. constructing a roof, one of the said plates is attached to the corner shingles of each tier or row as the shingles are nailed to the roof, and the said corner plate is fastened to the shingles by means ofof the corner plate and into the shingles. The corner shingles and roof-boards of the next superincumbent row bear upon the upper end of the plate, thus covering the nails and preventing them from becoming rusty. Another corner-binding plate is attached to the said corner shingles of the superincumbent row in a similar manner, and so on until the roof is completed.

It has heretofore been the practice to nail wooden battens on the corner or angles of shingled hip-roofs, in order to form a watertight joint and prevent the roof from leaking. -An objection to this method of forming the corners is, that it invariably leaves the heads of the nails used in securing the battens exposed to the weather, and they thus become rusty and cause the nail-holes in the battens to become enlarged by decay, until the battens become so loose as to be blown from the roof in a severe Windstorm, thus exposing the corner of the roof to the rain and causing it to leak. The exposed corner shingles when the battens become displaced are also frequently blown away, thus effecting considerable damage to the roof, and increasing the cost of repairing the same. These objections are overcome by the use of the metallic corner-bindings herei nbefore described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- '1. The metallic corner-bindings forshingled hip-roofs, flanged at c to fit over the shingles,

substantially as described.-

2. The corner-bindings for shingled hiproofs having the sides B, to bear against the I00 upper sides of the shingles forming the angles, bear against the under sides of the shingles at 10 1 and the flanges O, to bear against the lower their lower ends, substantially as described. ends of the shingles, substantially as de In testimony that I claim the foregoing as scribed. my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 5 3. The corner binding for shingled hippresence of two Witnesses.

roofs having the sides B, to bearagainst the \VILLIAM H. PRENTICE. upper or outer sides of the shingles forming Vitnesses: the angles, the flanges O, to bear against the MARION LAURANCE,

lower ends of the shingles, and the flaps E, to HENRY A. B001. 

